Definition of "nonvascular" [non•vas•cu•lar]

• Not vascular (adjective)

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• "Local variation in productivity is also associated with dramatic shifts in the relative abundance of plant functional types including both vascular and nonvascular plants (sections 7.3 and 7.4.1)."
• "The dominant C input to arctic ecosystems is from photosynthesis in vascular and nonvascular plants, which in total comprises GEP."
• "Total nonvascular plant biomass and particularly the biomass of lichens decreased in response to 10 years or more of environmental manipulations at sites in subarctic Sweden and in Alaska."